Child&#39;s toilet seat



July 19, 1932. H. E. MccANDLl-:ss

CHILDS TOILET SEAT Filed Feb. 19. 931

[N VENTOR @fr c M5965 Patented July 19; 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT oFl-lcE cHILns TOILET 'snail'v A l Application :filed February 19, 1931. Serial No. 516,975.

This invention relates to improvements in` a childs toilet seat, and although in the embodiment illustrated it is applied to a folding seat it will be understood that it may be 1equally well applied to other seats of this ind. l

The object of the invention is toprovide a seat of this kind with simple, sanitary, and

inexpensive'means for of the seat.

Another object of the invention is to provide a flexible guard adapted to be mounted on a bracket arranged at the front ofthe opening in the seat and arranged in said open` ing and projecting downwardly from said opening and upwardly therethrough, the upper end being adapted to flex out of the path of the child being arranged on the seat or removed therefrom, but normally assuming an upright position by virtue of its own resiliency.

A still further lobject of the invention is to provide a seat of this kind with a sanitary guard which may be readily attached to or detachedfrom the seat so that when it becomes soiled it may be removed and replaced with a clean one. 4

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts that will appear from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the novel .fea-

protecting the front turesv being pointed out in the claims ollowl ing the specification.

In the drawing:

Fig.1 isa transverse vertical section of a toilet seat having a childs folding toilet seat clamped thereto and a guard constructed according to one possible embodiment of the invention mounted on the childs seat;4

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the guard, a portion of the seat on which it is mounted being also shown;

Fig. is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 4 is anenlarged vertical section ofY the same;

Fig'. is a horizontal section of the same showing the arrangement of a spring clip for retaining the guard on the bracket;

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form of guard;

Fi 7 is a transverse vertical section of the same, and y Fig. 8 is a transverse horizontal section.

Similar referencechairacters refer to the same part in all the figures of the drawing. The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. l to 5 comprises a guard 1 prefer ably constructed of iexible resilient material, such as rubber or other suitable material which is .impervious to moisture, and having a smooth surface which is readily flushed and guardis made inv elongated or elliptical form, as shown in the drawing, and its shorter or minor axis curved or bent `Fig. 67is a rear elevation of a modified to form a substantially cylindrical surface.,

which conforms to the curvature of the opening in the seat. .Atl its lower end it is provided with a pocket 2 which may be formed integral therewith ory stitched thereto at its edges, and which may be sprung over the lower end of a bracket 3 on which it may be retained by virtue of the elasticity of the material of kwhich it is formed.

The bracket 3 is secured to the under side of a toilet seat 4 by any` suitable means, such as screws', from at or adjacent the front of the opening therein, and is of substantially the same cylindrical form as the guard 1 mounted thereon.- When mounted on the bracket, th'e guard is adapted to project upwardly through the opening, as shown in the drawings. 'It will be noted end 'of the guard assumes an upright position projecting above the seat at the front of and projects downwardly there that ,by this construction, the upper the opening therein, and being flexible and resilienty is adapted to be flexed into the plane of the seat either rearwardly or forwardly when a child is placed in or removed from the seat, and automatically assumes itsnormal upright position when released. It will also be noted that the upwardly projecting portion of the guard above the plane of the seat is also compressible laterally against its resiliency and when so compressed by the limbs of a child in the seat, the lateral edges of the guard approach each other inwardly and the general form of the' curvature of the guard is maintained, although the upwardly projecting portion maybe compressed until its lat'- eral edges nearly engage each other at lthe top.

The bracket and guard are shown applied to a childs toilet seat, although it will be apparent that it can be applied to any toilet seat without material changes. The toilet seat illustrated is ofthe childs folding type, and comprises a seat 4 having resilient clamping devices 5 and 6 adapted to be projected through the opening in an ordinary toilet seat 7, the latter devices 6 being movable into clamping engagement with the lower surface of the seat when th'e back 8 and arms 9 of the chair are raised from collapsed or folded position. "From an inspectionof F ig. 1, it will be noted that the opening in .the seat 4 v is arranged overthe opening in the "seat 7 with the bracket 3 in engagement with the front edge of the opening in the seat 7 so that the front edges of the openings in the seats 4 and 7 lie in substantially the same vertical plane. The guard 1 is arranged on the bracket and protects that side of it which faces the openings in the seats and also the front of the seat 7 where there is greatest liability of splashing.

In order to retain the guard 1 in closer engagement with the bracket 3 and insure its retention thereon, a' clip 10 provided with means for engagin the guard may be mounted on the bracket. aid clip. is preferably constructed -of resilient material and bent upon itself at its ends to form spring fingers 11 which, when the body. of the clip is arranged on the front side of the bracket, extend around its side edges and resiliently engage the rear of the bracket or the guard thereon. It will o be noted that the clip is readily removable downwardly from the bracket and that when the clip is removed, the guard can be readily detached from and replaced on the bracket. The clip 10 is so formed that it engages 'the guard at or adjacent the upper end of the bracket or support and -thus maintains the guard in contact with the bracket and serves to increase the tendency of tlfe guard to Vquickly vreturn to normal position when flexed. l

Referring now to the modified form of -the invention illustrated in Figs. 6 to 8, a

guard 20 similar in form-to the guard 1 is constructed of Hexible, resilient material and impervious to moisture. The guard is made in elliptical form and its minor axes are bent to form a substantially cylindrical ysurface which conforms to the curvature of the opens ing in the seat. The guard 20 has a spring clip 21 secured to its rear face whereby it may be mounted on the bracket 3. Said clip has an intermediate body portion bent to conform to the curvature of the guard and the bracket, and has its ends bent rearwardly at substantially right angles thereto at points at or adjacent the side edges of the guard, and then fission laterally 'inwardly toward each other and terminate at their inner ends in fingers 22 projecting toward the rear face of the guard.

The clip is secured to the rear face of the uard by means of an elongated strip of rub- Eer or other suitable flexible material'23 arranged over the body portion of the clip and having its edges secured to the guard on opposite sides of the clip by means of cement or other suitable means. A guard thus constructed may be arranged on the rear face of the bracket by an upward movement, the bent ends of the clip extending1 around the side edges of the bracket and t e fingers 22 resiliently en age its front wall and retain the guard in osition on thelbracket. Such a guard is retained on -the bracket by means of the spring clip only, and is therefore very easily attached to or detached therefrom. It

extends over the rear face of the bracket which projectsl downwardly through the opening in the seat 7 where it protects the seat, which flexibility may be increased by the oppositely arranged cut-out portions 24 which, it will be noted, are arranged in the plane of the upper surface of the seat 4, in the plane where the greatest iexure occurs.

It will also be notedl that a guard thus constructed has its rear wall or that wall which faces the opening in the seat substantially free from any obstructions.

Although only two embodiments v of the inventionare shown and described herein, it will be understood that this application is intended to cover such other changes or .modifications as come within the spirit of Ilo the invention or scope of the following claims.

I claim: 1. A toilet seat having an opening therein, a bracket projecting downwardly Afrom the seat adjacent the opening, and a guard resiliently mounted `on said bracket and having a portion roje'cting upwardly through said opening a planeof its upper surface.

' 2. A toilet seat having an opening therein, a bracket having a curved-surface projecting downwardly vfrom the seat adjacent said opening, a guard mounted on said bracket and projecting upwardly through said open- 1ng above the seat, and a resilient clip engaging thev bracket and the guard to maintain the guard on and in contact with'V the curved surface of the bracket.l Y A 3. A flexible guard for a' toilet seat constructed of resilient material of substantially elliptical formation havin its minor axis curved to conform to the s ape of an opening in a toilet seat, and having a pocket ove'the seat and flexible into the formed at one end whereby it may be de tachably mounted on a supportlng bracket.

4. The combination with a toilet seat having an openingtherein, of a childs toilet seat also having an opening therein, a bracketV on the childs seat projecting through the opening .in the toilet seat, and a detachable guard mounted on said bracket and covering its rearwall. 5. A toilet seat having an opening therein, a bracket adjacent said opening, a guard adapted to be arranged on said bracket and project through the opening in the seat, and l a spring clip arran ed to resiliently enga the rear wall of the racket for retaming t e guard thereon.

6. A toilet seat having an opening therein,

a bracket adjacent said opening, a `guard adapted to be arranged on said bracket and project through the opening in the seat, and

a clip secured to the rear wall of the guard and having fingers adapted to resiliently engagesthe rear wall of the bracket to retain the guard thereon.

7 A toilet seathaving an opening therein, a bracket secured to the bottom of said seat and projecting downwardly therefrom adjacent said opening, a guard arran ed onsaid bracket and projecting upwardly t rough the opening in said seat, and a pocket onsaid guard resiliently engaging said'bracket.

8. A toilet seat having an opening therein, a bracket secured to said seat adjacent said opening, and a resilient guard mounted on said bracket and having a portion projectin upwardly through the opening in sa1d sea and above the plane of its upper surface and flexible downwardly into said plane, said proe jecting portion having cut-away portions in the plane of the upper surface of the seat to the plane of the upper surface of the seat.

9. A toilet seat havin an opening therein, a. bracket adjacent sai openin projecting downwardly from theseat, an -a resilient guard on said bracket having a portion projecting upwardly through said opening above the seat and curved to conform t0 theshape of the opening, said projecting portion being compressible laterally by virtue of its resiliency. 'g l 10. A toilet/seat having an opening therein, a bracket adjacent said opening projecting downwardlyr fromlxth seat, and a resilient' guard on said bracket having .a portion projecting upwardly through said opening above the seat and fiexible into the plane ofits upper surface, .said projecting portion bein also compressible laterall against its resi iency.

In witness whereof7 my name'.

I have hereunto signed e HARRYE, MGCANDLESS. 

